This is happening right now on other side of the country, Seattle. Canada is building a functional identity system that empowers people AND doesn't put all the data in one giant database #id4dhttps://t.co/4I7XavqsKY

Announcing the launch of Dataset Search, a new way for researchers to find the datasets they need, wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page. Learn more at https://t.co/tpdOkjAVgWpic.twitter.com/kvlmDOHSO1

“The notion that an algorithmic stablecoin will work with an amount of collateral in the underlying less than the full market cap of the pegged currency is categorically false.” — On the Instability of stablecoins https://t.co/yQShDCtPGV

"it will soon be possible to store our personal data on the blockchain, using biometrics to grant access only to those who ask for permission to see it" Sentences like this make me sad. DO NOT PUT PII ON a BLOCKCHAIN. #GDPRhttps://t.co/Nae1UXMycE Use @SovrinID

Blockchain is not a database, it's a protocol for syncing the databases. The point of a blockchain is not to "store" or "distribute" data, it is to make sure mutually distrusting parties are all on the same page.

This is something I've learned from many b2b startups over the last 6 years: if your product solves a top priority problem, people will break through walls to buy it (even if product is rough, not feature complete, etc). But if it's not a top priority, you're wasting your time.